Toy boat



TOY BOAT.y

"fw plv f Vzz R. E. HUNT Filed Dec.

IIIIIIA l//uw- Qui Dec. 3.0, 1924.

Patented Dec. 30, 1924.

RAYMOND E. HUNT; OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

TOY BOAT.

Appiieatiun sied December a4, 1220. serial no. 432,920.

T all whom t may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND E. HUNT, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident ot Lakewood, county of Cuyahoga, and State oOhio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Boats, ot which the following is a speciication, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

' The present invention, relating, as indicated to toy boats, is particularly directed to an improved miniature or toy boat constructed to permit of its operation both in water and on a horizontal surface, such, for example, as the floor of a room. A further object ot the invention is the provision of such an article that will float evenly in the water and will have the appearance, both in the water and when on the solid surface, of the real ship of which it is a miniature. To the accomplishment ot the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim. p

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one ot' various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing F ig. 1 is a side elevation of a boat embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of another type of boat embodying the same invention; Fig. et is a plan view of the boat shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a toy boat constructed to resemble an American battleship, and consisting of a hull 1 of some buoyant material, such as thoroughly dried wood selected to be 0f substantially uniform density and specific gravity throughout. This hull member is iiat, both on its upper and lower surfaces, and the bottom surface. is provided with a plurality 0f recesses 2, in which are mounted a series of rollers 3 arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line of the hull. These rollers are also of course mounted on parallel axes to permit of the boat having movement in either direction.

At the center of the upper portion the hull is recessed at 4, and in the recesses thus provided are mounted a series of gun-carrying turrets 5, shown in plan in Fig. 2, to represent the secondary guns of an actual war ship. These turrets 5 carry miniature guns G and are pivotally mounted about parallel vertical axes in the form of pins T.

. Extending over the entire upper surface of the hull 1 is a deck 8 consisting of a single strip of relatively thin wood, which very much enhances the appearance ot' the article, and serves as a smooth uniform support for the various elements which make up the superstructure of the boat.` This deck 8 is also lined or marked oit to represent planking to further enhance its appearance. In the case ot the. battleship shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the. superstructure consists of a longitudinally extending 'member 9, on which are removably and pivotally mounted masts 10 which support gun-carrying lighting tops. These fighting tops are also pivotally mounted on the masts 1() and are removable therefrom, the pivotsl therefor being made in the form of pins 19.. Adjacent to either end of the member 9 are gun-carrying turrets 13 which are removably and pivotally mounted on axes in the form of pins 14 mounted on the deck 8. Each ot the turrets 13 carries tour guns 15, although the number is immaterial, but these turrets are so constructed that the weight on either side of the axis or pin le is balanced so that when the turrets are swung to either side there is no change in the buoyancy ot the vessel and no additional weight brought to either side ot' the center line. The smokestacks 16 are also removably mounted on pins 17 carried on the superstructure 9, and the turrets, masts and smokestacks may all be removed when desired.

In Figs. 3 and d I have shown a boat representing in miniature a passenger liner, this boat having` a hull 20 which is constructed in the same manner as the hull 1 ot the boat previously described, and is similarly provided with rolle-rs 21 topermit ot its movement on a horizontal surface. rlhe other features of this passenger boat are of course modified to properly represent the appearance of an actual liner. The superstructure consists of a series ott layers or plates 22, 23 and 24, on the upper ot which are removably mounted smokestacks 25, while masts 26 and 27 are also mounted, the former on the deck or hull of the boat and the latter upon the plate 23. The various llO 'a real boat.

layers or plates which make up the superstructure of this boat may be painted or marked as indicated in Fig. 3 to represent port holes, Windows and doors as indicated.

`It is extremely dillicult in the manufacture of toy boats to produce a boat which will float evenly unless the vboat is given some forni of keel, or unless some ballast is provided in the lower part of the hull. lt is of course impractical to construct a boat with a keel and also adapt it to `move over a'solid surface and have the appearance of In order to accomplish these desired results I have made the hull ot' specially selectedbuoyant material, such as dry Wood ol' uniform density and specific gravity tl'iroughout, and have kept the Weight 'of the superstructure below 25 per cent of' the Weight of the hull. In addition, the superstructure is exactly central-ly mounted on the hull of the boat` and even in the case of the battleship shown, 'Which has turrets which swing to either' side, ,the Weight of these turrets is so balanced as not to affect the distribution of the Weight in the entire boat. In this Way it is possible to secure a perfectloating oit' the boats in Water, While at the same time the height of the hull is kept to such proportions'that the boats have a natural and proper appearance even `When res-ting on the floor. v

Other-modes of applying the principle of my invention maybe employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards t-he mechanism herein disclosed, prouniform specific gravity throughout, a superstructure mounted centrally on said hull of limited lateral' extent as compared lWith saidhull, movable elements of irregular'oon'- figuration comprised in said superstructure counterbalanoed so as to atall times presentequal amounts of Weight along the median line of said hull, and rollers symmetrically disposed with respect to vsaid media-n line so that said boat ivill be ofrelatively stable equilibrium whether used Vas anvk aquatic or as a land toy.

igned by me, this 20th day of December,

t RAYMOND E. HUNT. 

